Talking to God Outloud

[james 5:16]

"The prayer of the righteous person is powerful and effective."

What if I'm pretty sure I went almost the entire week without acknowledging God at all?

That is so not righteous.

I was just in a miserable mood.
I don't even have my period.
So...

Last night, I was thinking I had had enough of my being down and dumpy. And I trust praying more than anything to shake my misery. Pray: Be still, be cured. Every time. So why couldn't I bring myself to pray?

[But how cool is it to have faith in your own prayers, as truth and actual communication?]

Anyway. Standing before God after you've ignored him for a few days is not an easy thing. But the longer I put it off, the harder I was thinking it would be. Sometimes I just want God to make the first move.

[Like when you text your friends all the time, and they always respond, and want to hang out, and that's GREAT, but sometimes, just for reassurance, you want them to text first. Take some initiative, friends.]

Take some initiative, God.

I stumbled across this verse in James. Knowing I'm not a very righteous person, I thought maybe I shouldn't pray at all. Nah, let's break down the word. It starts with RIGHT. That's what I am. About this whole thing. I'm always right about everything.

Coming clean might be the most intimate moment a praying girl can feel with her God. What's more right than saying, "God, bring me back."
Powerful and Effective. I woke up, thankful, in God.